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APPENDIX I.
MINISTRY OF HEALTH TABLE
Borough of Lambeth.
HOUSING CONDITIONS.
Year ended 31st December, 1925.
GENERAL STATISTICS.
Area (acres) 4,083
Population 311,100*
Number of inhabited houses 42,607†
Number of families or separate occupiers 78,399†
Rateable value £2,022,819
Sum represented by a penny rate £8,291
HOUSING.
Number of new houses erected during the year:—
(a) Total 207+
(b) As part of a Municipal Housing Scheme 56+
(7 blocks)
1. —UNFIT DWELLING HOUSES.
1.—Inspection.
(1). Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for
housing defects (under Public Health or
Housing Acts) 10,4 64§
(2). Number of dwelling-houses which were
spected and recorded under the Housing
(Inspection of District) Regulations, 1910 402
(3). Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a
state so dangerous or injurious to health
as to be unfit for human habitation nil.
(4). Number of dwelling-houses (exclusive of those
referred to under the preceding sub heading)
found not to be in all respects reasonably
fit for human habitation 402
*Estimated 1925. †Census figures 1921. ‡ Representing 151 and 56 tenements
respectively. §10,062 Public Health (London) Act, 1891 and 402 Housing Acts.